“We believe that LeoSat can truly fuel worldwide economic growth by offering our customers the fastest, most reliable and secure global infrastructure for data communications. These commercial agreements valued at over US$1Billion clearly demonstrate LeoSat’s progression from a new networking concept to a unique solution which not only resonates with our customers but has also attracted the firm backing of two leading satellite companies - SKY Perfect JSAT and Hispasat”, said Mark Rigolle, CEO of LeoSat Enterprises.

In the era of Big Data, cyber security and resilience is a priority for global enterprise. LeoSat is developing a VPN in space, where data will travel end to end via optical lasers across a single encrypted network, bypassing terrestrial infrastructure. Find out more in this month’s Satellite Evolution Asia.

How will LEO networks transform satellite communications? And what are the market opportunities for the Asia-Pacific region? Ronald van der Breggen, Chief Commercial Officer, LeoSat Enterprises, looks at the requirements for data communications and explains that with the significant advantages provided by low Earth orbit constellations - the time is now right for LEO.

LeoSat Opens Office in The Hague.
CEO Mark Rigolle said: “We believe The Hague will be an excellent location to develop our European operations and create new opportunities for our customers, stakeholders and staff. We are looking forward to bringing an additional dimension to the established high tech pool.”

As an emerging player in the satellite industry, LeoSat Enterprises is proving itself a force to be reckoned with. Speaking exclusively to Telecom Review, Mark Rigolle, CEO, LeoSat Enterprises, elaborated on LeoSat’s highly anticipated satellite constellation which is expected to launch in 2019.

The ‘Digital Oilfield’ has been evolving for over 30 years. All being driven by developments in software and smart hardware designed to improve O&G operational efficiency, optimisation, decision-making, collaboration and integration into production planning. With advances in telecommunication using fibre and microwave, much has been improved, but a lot is still left to be desired, particularly in the remote and harsh environments where oil and gas assets typically operate and which are only addr

“We are excited to be singled out by such a prominent agency as the National Science Foundation. We take that as a strong endorsement of our plans to offer global, low-latency, high-throughput satellite capacity, using a Low Earth Orbit Constellation”.

The current perception of satellite technology used for data transport is far from positive. It suffers from high latency, provides little throughput, and is costly. For most network engineers, it's an absolute last resort when there are no other alternatives. But what if it didn't have to be that way? What if a satellite constellation were designed to the point where it provided an enterprise-grade connectivity, low latency, high throughput, and cost-effective solution anywhere in the world?

“What attracted me to LeoSat is that it was conceived from a customer need perspective. What really excites me is that we use the best satellite technology has on offer to, not only carry large data volumes premise-to-premise, but in many scenarios do so with lower latencies than terrestrial solutions; simply because light travels faster through space than through fiber”.

“Having worked in both the fiber and satellite industries, I know firsthand the limitation for data on satellites as compared to fiber. With LeoSat this will now change forever; it brings opportunities for customers they never had before and I’m really excited to help shape that future”.

Unlike most large constellations that have surfaced in the past couple of years, LeoSat remains resolutely business-to-business. Its customers are not individual consumers in connectivity-starved locales, but corporate giants that need to move large quantities of data quickly and securely from one place to another, with about equal amounts of traffic moving in both directions….

“I am excited to be joining LeoSat at the moment it is developing from a project to a fully operational company," Rigolle said. "LeoSat has formulated a unique proposition to address real market needs of business customers around the globe, utilizing key attributes of low latency, high throughput and security”.

“We aim to provide extremely low latency and thus high-performance networking. Since we don’t use bent pipe architecture, we measure latency by how many hops he client’s data must pass to its destination. We project being able to carry high-bandwidth data from New York to Tokyo with a latency of under 140ms RTT. That is faster than the fastest fiber routes today”.

Q&A with Mark Rigolle, Chief Executive Officer, LeoSat Enterprises
Startup corporate and government broadband satellite provider LeoSat Enterprises is targeting $100 million in Phase A funding this year and $175 million in 2017 for its 78-satellite constellation.